Container shipping freight rates fell at the end of April 2026 for the third consecutive week, as excess capacity kept increases in check. From May, carriers will try to protect revenues through blanked sailings and new surcharges on transpacific routes.

Scania is adding the Longline extended cab to its standard production flow as a certified factory-built, low-volume option. Sales begin in April 2026, with first deliveries in the autumn, production in Laxå and chassis built in Södertälje. Interiors can be customised.

Sven-Erik Bergendahl, better known in the industrial vehicle world as “Svempa”, died on 28 April 2026 at the age of 87. Since the 1970s, he had created special versions of Scania trucks, displayed at events across Europe.

Italian Police detained four men between Andria and the province of Bari after two attacks on industrial vehicles. The investigation, launched after a robbery in Margherita di Savoia, reconstructed a network handling stolen food products from Emilia.

More bad news from the front line of rail disruption in Germany: the failure of an overhead line on a route being used as an alternative to another closed line was enough to trigger chaos. And the works and closures are not over. Already scheduled projects will continue until 2028, with closures lasting up to five months.